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Music for the darkling hour

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.

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Music Played

  • KMRU

    Behind There

    • Jar.
    • Seil Records.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No. 2 In D Minor, BWV 1004: III. Sarabande

    Performer: Hilary Hahn.
    • Hilary Hahn Plays Bach.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.

  • Anna Clyne

    Abstractions: III. Seascape

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Within Her Arms • Abstractions • Restless Oceans • Color Field.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Claude Debussy

    Preludes, Book 2: VII. La Terasse Des Audiences Du Clair De Lune. Lent

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.
    • Préludes Books 1 & 2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 19.

  • Frank Bridge

    Two Poems For Orchestra, H 118: I. Andante moderato e semplice

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Orchestral Works: The Collector's Edition.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Adrián Demoč

    Canon

    Performer: Manuel Zurria.
    • Flute.
    • Elsewhere.
    • 4.

  • Toru Takemitsu

    Bryce

    Ensemble: Toronto New Music Ensemble.
    • Chamber Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.

  • Julia Schauerman

    Flight Path

    • Sound of the Wetlands.
    • GRUENREKORDER.
    • 2.

  • Merope

    Ei Dvipa

    • Salos.
    • STROOM.
    • 1.

  • Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi

    He Will See You Through

    • There Is No Other.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 12.

  • Kate Moore

    Spin Bird

    Performer: Saskia Lankhoorn.
    • Dances And Canons.
    • ECM.
    • 1.

  • Steve Reich

    New York Counterpoint

    Performer: Evan Ziporyn.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Wild Mountain Echoes

    Dawn Near Kingston Creek

    • Across the Great Basin.
    • https://wildmountainechoes.bandcamp.com/album/across-the-great-basin.
    • 2.

  • Maddy Prior & June Tabor

    Burning Of Auchindoon

    • Silly Sisters.
    • BGO Records.
    • 2.

  • Jason Moran

    Pas De Deux - Lines Ballet

    • Ten.
    • Blue Note.
    • 6.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Boku No Kakera

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto. Ensemble: Danceries.
    • The End Of Asia.
    • Gearbox Records.
    • 4.

  • Henry Purcell

    Fantazia VI In 4 Parts

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • The Complete Fantazias.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 6.

  • Charlotte Jacobs

    Xylem

    • atlas.
    • New Amsterdam Records.
    • 3.

  • Kerry Barnes

    In The Arms Of Autumn

    • In The Arms Of Autumn.

  • Janine Hutton

    Apple Blossom

    • Apple Blossom.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 11 May 2026 22:00
    BBC Radio 3 & BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Yesterday 22:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind